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100 best paintings in London: National Gallery
Leading artists, gallery owners, curators and critics pick the best paintings to be seen in the capital
The daddy of London's art collections was founded in 1824 to display a collection of just 36 paintings, today the National Gallery is home to more than 2,000 works. There are masterpieces from virtually every European school of art.
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Painting to see at the National Gallery
'Doge Leonardo Loredan' - Giovanni Bellini
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
'Madonna of the Meadow' - Giovanni Bellini
I LIKE IT See also 'Doge Leonardo Loredan'
'Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)' - Hieronymus Bosch
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
'Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist' - Caravaggio
I LIKE IT See also 'The Supper at Emmaus'
'The Supper at Emmaus' - Caravaggio
I LIKE IT See also 'Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist'
'Cupid Complaining to Venus' - Lucas Cranach
I LIKE IT See also 'An Allegory with Venus and Cupid'
'The Annunciation' - Crivelli
I LIKE IT See also 'Madonna of the Meadow'
'Combing the Hair' - Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
I LIKE IT See also 'The Beach at Trouville'
'The Baptism of Christ' - Piero della Francesca
I LIKE IT See also 'The Nativity'
'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling' - Hans Holbein the Younger
I LIKE IT See also 'The Ambassadors'
'The Ambassadors' - Hans Holbein the Younger
I LIKE IT See also 'A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling'
'A Wall in Naples' - Thomas Jones
I LIKE IT See also 'Study of Cirrus Clouds'
'The Execution of Maximilion' - Edouard Manet
I LIKE IT See also 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère'
'The Beach at Trouville' - Claude Monet
I LIKE IT See also 'Combing the Hair'
'A Woman Bathing in a Stream' - Rembrandt van Rijn
I LIKE IT See also 'Girl at a Window'
'Portrait of Margharete de Geer' - Rembrandt van Rijn
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
'Self-Portrait at the Age of 63' - Rembrandt van Rijn
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait with Two Circles'
'Surprised' - Henri Rousseau
I LIKE IT See also 'The Three Dancers'
'The Interior of the Grote Kerk at Haarlem' - Pieter Saenredam
I LIKE IT See also 'The Laughing Cavalier'
'Bathers at Asnières' - Georges Seurat
I LIKE IT See also 'Mont Sainte-Victoire with a Large Pine'
'Whistlejacket' - George Stubbs
I LIKE IT See also 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
'Bacchus and Ariadne' - Titian
I LIKE IT See also 'The Death of Actaeon'
'Diana and Actaeon' - Titian
I LIKE IT See also 'The Death of Actaeon'
'The Death of Actaeon' - Titian
I LIKE IT See also 'Diana and Actaeon'
'Rain, Steam and Speed' - JMW Turner
I LIKE IT See also 'The Fighting Temeraire'
'The Fighting Temeraire' - JMW Turner
I LIKE IT See also 'Peace: Burial at Sea'
'Battle of San Romano' - Uccello
I LIKE IT See also 'The Arnolfini Portrait'
'The Wilton Diptych' - Unknown artist
I LIKE IT See also 'The Baptism of Christ'
'The Arnolfini Portrait' - Jan Van Eyck
I LIKE IT See also 'Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)'
'The Rokeby Venus' - Diego Velázquez
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
'A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal' - Johannes Vermeer
I LIKE IT See also 'The Guitar Player'
'The Burlington House Cartoon' - Leonardo da Vinci
I LIKE IT See also 'The Annunciation'
'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump' - Joseph Wright of Derby
I LIKE IT See also 'Mr and Mrs Andrews'
'A Cup of Water and a Rose' - Francisco de Zurburán
I LIKE IT See also 'The Water-Seller of Seville'
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